Concern about PFAS in biosolids led to a ban on land application in Maine enacted in 2022. That sent municipalities and clean-water agencies scrambling to find outlets for the material.
Now a U.S. EPA draft PFAS Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment has triggered worries about the public reaction to land-applied biosolids. As this document gains attention and moves from the draft stage toward final adoption, will the public’s concerns about health effects lead regulators and legislators to enact crippling restrictions on beneficial reuse programs?And if that happens, what will be the fate of biosolids produced at thousands of clean-water plants across the
